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Behind The Lens episode 65: Blowin' in the wind

January 24, 2020 Updated January 27, 2020
Michael Isaac Stein updates the Hard Rock Hotel site story. Marta Jewson reports on New Beginnings' bid to get out of a lawsuit. Jessica Rosgaard says goodbye and Tom Wright returns.

Behind The Lens episode 28: ‘Conversations that must be had’

April 19, 2019 Updated December 14, 2019
Awaiting the results of the OneApp school selection process - we'll explain why this is a somewhat anxious time for many parents. Also, an interview with author Nathaniel Rich on the politics of climate change.

Corps finalizing Industrial Canal lock study as some residents brace for disruption

April 17, 2019 Updated November 7, 2019
While the study won’t end until December, the Corps already believes its tentative selection for replacing the lock is the best in a narrow range of options for easing inland waterborne traffic. But some New Orleans residents say they’re outraged that the Corps is still considering the project, which has been planned for decades.

Behind The Lens episode 27: ‘Violently, ugly, viciously, for money’

April 12, 2019 Updated December 14, 2019
More on the New Beginnings Schools Foundation with Marta Jewson. And special guest Bob Marshall talks about coastal erosion.

Behind The Lens episode 26: ‘I didn’t want this fight’

April 5, 2019 Updated December 14, 2019
Tom Wright goes to a rally for the "March Against Death Alley." Michael Isaac Stein talks to Councilwoman Helena Moreno about how to change Entergy regulation in New Orleans. And we interview Berr Voss-Potts, the 13-year-old whose off-the-shelf lead test prompted the school district to install filters this week at Plessy Community School.

Seven years and $9 million later, wastewater assimilation a slow starter in New Orleans

April 3, 2019 Updated November 7, 2019
S&WB and the City of New Orleans announced in 2011 that they were partnering with St. Bernard Parish to help rebuild the Central Wetlands around Bayou Bienvenue. More than seven years later, the project has yet to discharge a single gallon of treated wastewater.

Behind The Lens episode 25: Little red marks

March 29, 2019 Updated December 14, 2019
Reporter Marta Jewson tells us how she uncovered allegations of grade inflation at Kennedy High School. Michael Isaac Stein talks about political patronage in lucrative City Council utility contracts. And Tom Wright follows up on his recent story on wastewater assimilation.

Behind The Lens episode 24: ‘A solution to pollution’

March 22, 2019 Updated December 14, 2019
An extended interview with Lt. Gen. Russel Honore about the GreenARMY's 2019 legislative agenda. And Michael Isaac Stein talks about a local immigration advocacy group's recent FOIA victory in federal court.

EPA, LDEQ want Mosaic to resume water removal from shifting gypsum stack

March 21, 2019 Updated November 7, 2019
Mosaic told The Lens that the company has not decided to do so — even as the EPA cast doubt on the company’s model used to determine the stability of the reservoir itself.

Behind The Lens episode 23: ‘When they told the parents about this, it was already done’

March 15, 2019 Updated December 14, 2019
Education reporter Marta Jewson talks about her series on school closures in New Orleans. Michael Isaac Stein on the latest news on short-term rentals. And host and producer Tom Wright talks to Jed Horne about The Lens' opinion section.

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